Manure delivery for jacuzzi lands ex-husband in legal stink

MONTREAL - It was an alleged fecal felony, with a plodding police pursuit.

A Quebec man is accused of dumping heaps of manure into his ex-wife's jacuzzi and onto her doorstep in the wake of a marital rift.

An ensuing low-speed police chase with the man's tractor has swamped him in an even deeper legal mess, with four criminal charges.

Quebec provincial police were called to a home in Ste-Emelie-de-l'Energie on a mischief complaint Tuesday. Sgt. Gino Pare, a spokesman for the force, said they found the man raising a stink with a tractor.

"He was dropping manure into the spa of his ex-wife, and at the front door," Pare said Thursday.

Police tried to head him off with their patrol car, which got hit.

"He wouldn't stop," Pare said.

"He continued on with his tractor."

The man allegedly chugged away from the scene, with officers in pursuit.